Guild Wars 2

Hey,
Everything included in “Living World Season 2” is permanent? I mean achievements, area (map) and weapons (including skins) will stay forever? It won’t be transfered to “Historical” session and i can do “Gates of Maguuma” achievements even after a year? If it is like that, then i’m truly proud of Anet Waiting for fast answers >.>

The zone and story will be permanent, you can always revisit those story missions as long as you unlock them. If you do not unlock them in time, you can always purchase them on the gemstore.

I am not sure about Achievements though.

Yes, even the achieves are permanent.
After unlocking the story (by just log in the game) you can do the achievements any time you want.

The introduction of “Region” achievements makes me think the region will be permanent, and it also gives the possibility of other “regions” being introduced in the future.

Everything in season 2 is permanent XD

‘permanent’ in the same way your personal story is permanent: you are able to go back and re-play it if you want. and people that aren’t here now will be able to purchase chapters of the LS (probably with gems or laurels?) so they can experience it as well. It will not be ‘permanent’ in the way that southsun cove is permanent (ie. a place that is always there)

Mystic.5934:

‘permanent’ in the same way your personal story is permanent: you are able to go back and re-play it if you want. and people that aren’t here now will be able to purchase chapters of the LS (probably with gems or laurels?) so they can experience it as well. It will not be ‘permanent’ in the way that southsun cove is permanent (ie. a place that is always there)

Well I was going to wait to do it, thinking I’d have lots of time, but your last sentence made me concerned. So they are going to take this zone away from us and all the achievements and such? What does it mean ‘not permanent like southsun cove’, it won’t be a place that is always there? How/where would it go? I thought the whole idea was to avoid the “hurry and get all your achievements done in 2-4 weeks” scenario?

So is the unlock account based or soul based? I get the impression from the release notes that you may have to purchase it if you create a new character after the season is over. Anyone know for sure?

This is the most f**** awesome addition!! I’m about to wet my pants!

From Story Journal entry:

“To unlock an episode and have it added to your story Journal, you simply need to log in to the game during the two-week period that the release is live to be given permanent, free access to the storyline of that episode. Once you’ve unlocked it by simply logging in, you can replay that episode’s storyline on any character on your account as many times as you like from your story Journal forever.”

and

“Characters under level 80 will be able to see the available episodes, but will not be able to play them until they reach level 80. Think of the Living World story as the constantly expanding continuation of your character’s storyline once they reach level 80.”

AAAAAAND

“Once one character on your account has completed an episode in their story journal, every character on your account will have access to a set of challenging achievements. At any time once unlocked, you can return and attempt to replay that episode in order to complete the achievements. "

PER MA NENT

Yes, the map(s) and zone(s) will stay, as well. Open World content is permanent, except for certain events that might further along the Living World story, and make sense to only be active for a period of time.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Yes, the map(s) and zone(s) will stay, as well. Open World content is permanent, except for certain events that might further along the Living World story, and make sense to only be active for a period of time.

So that is my question. There are events going on right now in that new zone that will only be around for 2 weeks?

notebene.3190:

Mystic.5934:

‘permanent’ in the same way your personal story is permanent: you are able to go back and re-play it if you want. and people that aren’t here now will be able to purchase chapters of the LS (probably with gems or laurels?) so they can experience it as well. It will not be ‘permanent’ in the way that southsun cove is permanent (ie. a place that is always there)

Well I was going to wait to do it, thinking I’d have lots of time, but your last sentence made me concerned. So they are going to take this zone away from us and all the achievements and such? What does it mean ‘not permanent like southsun cove’, it won’t be a place that is always there? How/where would it go? I thought the whole idea was to avoid the “hurry and get all your achievements done in 2-4 weeks” scenario?

I got the impression after this 2 weeks we could replay this zone as an instance, that we could include party members in on, but wouldn’t be like open-world content. southsun was a full zone. I think this will be like a dungeon – it’s there and you can play it with select people, and there is a story, but it’s not free open world.

Mystic.5934:

notebene.3190:

Mystic.5934:

‘permanent’ in the same way your personal story is permanent: you are able to go back and re-play it if you want. and people that aren’t here now will be able to purchase chapters of the LS (probably with gems or laurels?) so they can experience it as well. It will not be ‘permanent’ in the way that southsun cove is permanent (ie. a place that is always there)

Well I was going to wait to do it, thinking I’d have lots of time, but your last sentence made me concerned. So they are going to take this zone away from us and all the achievements and such? What does it mean ‘not permanent like southsun cove’, it won’t be a place that is always there? How/where would it go? I thought the whole idea was to avoid the “hurry and get all your achievements done in 2-4 weeks” scenario?

I got the impression after this 2 weeks we could replay this zone as an instance, that we could include party members in on, but wouldn’t be like open-world content. southsun was a full zone. I think this will be like a dungeon – it’s there and you can play it with select people, and there is a story, but it’s not free open world.

That’s not the impression I got from the explanatory ‘Journal’ video the Devs released. The Journal instances work like the PS allowing 1 to 5 players, and are repeatable. The Open World content is just that…open to all, and except for a few events that are crucial for the story, and would not make sense to leave playable, all the content will be permanent.

I guess we will find out which is what with the next release. /shrug

So I gotta go do it now, in lieu of one of them actually saying something definitive.

Thanks folks.

P.S. I know they want to go minimal patch notes now, but I think they need to say “somewhere” that some events (listed by name maybe?) will only be around for 2 weeks, and the rest is forever?

notebene.3190:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Yes, the map(s) and zone(s) will stay, as well. Open World content is permanent, except for certain events that might further along the Living World story, and make sense to only be active for a period of time.

So that is my question. There are events going on right now in that new zone that will only be around for 2 weeks?

No. Everything added in the patch will be around until the end of time. You can complete any and all events, achievements, mining, etc for the next 10,000 years.

notebene.3190:

So I gotta go do it now, in lieu of one of them actually saying something definitive.

Thanks folks.

Poppykitten.

I’ve found nothing to suggest that the zone isn’t permanent. In fact, they specifically stated regarding LS2 that “Open world content additions to Living World updates will permanently expand or change the world of Tyria and will tie to the theme and story of the episode. This means you can play the open world content and the story content (if you’ve unlocked that episode) anytime you want, on every character you ever make on your account!” The only part that won’t stay open forever is the personal story-style series of quests that takes you through the zone, and those are infinitely re-playable if you log in sometime in the next 13 days, so still permanent. If you don’t have the time or drive to do them now, there is no need to force yourself. That’s the whole point of the new story journal.

I got a question (seeing as I have holidays coming up and will be unavailable for some weeks).

I logged in yesterday and played through Chapter 1 and have now unlocked it for solving the achievements at each story step.

Just a question of clarification; is a Living Story chapter unlocked (so I don’t have to purchase it for gems) IMMEDIATELY when I login during a 2-week window for a current story chapter, or only AFTER I have played through the story instance once?

Just asking since there’s unlocking of this and unlocking of that with the new journal. I.e. it took some time to play through the parts of Chapter 1, and for the next chapter (in 2 weeks) I will only have about 15 minutes to login and hope that is enough to unlock it so I can take my time with story instance + achievements once I return from holiday.

HyruleanHyroe.1473:

notebene.3190:

So I gotta go do it now, in lieu of one of them actually saying something definitive.

Thanks folks.

Poppykitten.

I’ve found nothing to suggest that the zone isn’t permanent. In fact, they specifically stated regarding LS2 that “Open world content additions to Living World updates will permanently expand or change the world of Tyria and will tie to the theme and story of the episode. This means you can play the open world content and the story content (if you’ve unlocked that episode) anytime you want, on every character you ever make on your account!” The only part that won’t stay open forever is the personal story-style series of quests that takes you through the zone, and those are infinitely re-playable if you log in sometime in the next 13 days, so still permanent. If you don’t have the time or drive to do them now, there is no need to force yourself. That’s the whole point of the new story journal.

Thank you.

I wonder what it is that are making a few people say “some events which wouldn’t make sense to be there”? I suspect they aren’t crazy, there must be something that is making them think that is true? I haven’t been yet, so I have no context.

Dondarrion.2748:

I got a question (seeing as I have holidays coming up and will be unavailable for some weeks).

I logged in yesterday and played through Chapter 1 and have now unlocked it for solving the achievements at each story step.

Just a question of clarification; is a Living Story chapter unlocked (so I don’t have to purchase it for gems) IMMEDIATELY when I login during a 2-week window for a current story chapter, or only AFTER I have played through the story instance once?

Just asking since there’s unlocking of this and unlocking of that with the new journal. I.e. it took some time to play through the parts of Chapter 1, and for the next chapter (in 2 weeks) I will only have about 15 minutes to login and hope that is enough to unlock it so I can take my time with story instance + achievements once I return from holiday.

The story instances (and the ability to unlock achievements) is unlocked immediately after you log-in. No playing required! =)

notebene.3190:

HyruleanHyroe.1473:

notebene.3190:

So I gotta go do it now, in lieu of one of them actually saying something definitive.

Thanks folks.

Poppykitten.

I’ve found nothing to suggest that the zone isn’t permanent. In fact, they specifically stated regarding LS2 that “Open world content additions to Living World updates will permanently expand or change the world of Tyria and will tie to the theme and story of the episode. This means you can play the open world content and the story content (if you’ve unlocked that episode) anytime you want, on every character you ever make on your account!” The only part that won’t stay open forever is the personal story-style series of quests that takes you through the zone, and those are infinitely re-playable if you log in sometime in the next 13 days, so still permanent. If you don’t have the time or drive to do them now, there is no need to force yourself. That’s the whole point of the new story journal.

Thank you.

I wonder what it is that are making a few people say “some events which wouldn’t make sense to be there”? I suspect they aren’t crazy, there must be something that is making them think that is true? I haven’t been yet, so I have no context.

Probably because they are quoting the Devs who used that phrase to explain how Season Two would work. You can watch them discuss it on Twitch in the livestream about the Journal and Season Two.

notebene.3190:

Mystic.5934:

‘permanent’ in the same way your personal story is permanent: you are able to go back and re-play it if you want. and people that aren’t here now will be able to purchase chapters of the LS (probably with gems or laurels?) so they can experience it as well. It will not be ‘permanent’ in the way that southsun cove is permanent (ie. a place that is always there)

Well I was going to wait to do it, thinking I’d have lots of time, but your last sentence made me concerned. So they are going to take this zone away from us and all the achievements and such? What does it mean ‘not permanent like southsun cove’, it won’t be a place that is always there? How/where would it go? I thought the whole idea was to avoid the “hurry and get all your achievements done in 2-4 weeks” scenario?

Once you unlock the content it is always there. The achievements will always be there. They are not taking anything away. It will always be there. They wouldn’t have added achievements in the main achievements if they where gong to take it away. There are story instance ones too. They only unlock once you’ve done the story for the first time. The. You can replay it as much as you want.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Dondarrion.2748:

I got a question (seeing as I have holidays coming up and will be unavailable for some weeks).

I logged in yesterday and played through Chapter 1 and have now unlocked it for solving the achievements at each story step.

Just a question of clarification; is a Living Story chapter unlocked (so I don’t have to purchase it for gems) IMMEDIATELY when I login during a 2-week window for a current story chapter, or only AFTER I have played through the story instance once?

Just asking since there’s unlocking of this and unlocking of that with the new journal. I.e. it took some time to play through the parts of Chapter 1, and for the next chapter (in 2 weeks) I will only have about 15 minutes to login and hope that is enough to unlock it so I can take my time with story instance + achievements once I return from holiday.

The story instances (and the ability to unlock achievements) is unlocked immediately after you log-in. No playing required! =)

Thanks!

nekodoken.5329:

From Story Journal entry:

“To unlock an episode and have it added to your story Journal, you simply need to log in to the game during the two-week period that the release is live to be given permanent, free access to the storyline of that episode. Once you’ve unlocked it by simply logging in, you can replay that episode’s storyline on any character on your account as many times as you like from your story Journal forever.”

and

“Characters under level 80 will be able to see the available episodes, but will not be able to play them until they reach level 80. Think of the Living World story as the constantly expanding continuation of your character’s storyline once they reach level 80.”

AAAAAAND

“Once one character on your account has completed an episode in their story journal, every character on your account will have access to a set of challenging achievements. At any time once unlocked, you can return and attempt to replay that episode in order to complete the achievements. "

PER MA NENT

Gotta love Arenanet. Thanks for the information!